The disaster situation in Shaanxi and Shanxi, finally alarmed the imperial court, Chongzhen six years of August to seven years of April, the rain did not fall, the spring ploughing production faced the situation of no harvest, the people's ability to bear reached the limit, it began to rain in May, but unfortunately the rain at this time, there was no effect, the crops in the field have long died.

The rain in May, as if the heavens wept, Shaanxi and Shanxi and other places, there were a large number of displaced people, the imperial army is exterminating the Liukou in these places, many of the homeless people were killed as Liukou, the situation is very miserable.

Although the disaster was severe, the progress of the war to exterminate the Liukou was very smooth.

Chen Qiyu, the governor of the five provinces, was full of ambition, and the situation of the war was developing in a direction that was more and more favorable to him.

Luo Rucai, Lao Huihui, Zhang Xianzhong, Li Zicheng and other major rogue forces, after encountering a wall in Huguang and Sichuan, returned to Henan one after another, and after they got in touch with each other, they fought their way out of Henan, entered Yunyang Mansion in Huguang and Hanzhong Mansion in Shaanxi, and finally concentrated in Hannan.

After learning of this information, Chen Qiyu, the governor of the five provinces, focused his attention on Yunxi, where Huguang, Shaanxi and Henan meet.

The capital of Huguang was set up in Yunyang Mansion, which was a strategic place, so the imperial court set up the post of governor of Yunyang here.

Lu Xiangsheng, who had just taken office as the governor of Yunyang, was also a Confucian general, Lu Xiangsheng was a jinshi during the Apocalypse, and had served as the head of the household department, a member of the foreign army, and later transferred to the prefect of the Daimyo Mansion.

Yunxi place, before Lu Xiangsheng became governor, although it is a strategic place, no one has ever paid attention to it, the local defense force can be described as extremely dilapidated, the army of the guard station does not have any combat effectiveness, empty salaries, arrears of military pay things abound, the guard sergeants fled a lot, and even joined the rogue team, but after Lu Xiangsheng became the governor of Yunxi, every qiē has changed, especially the Tianxiong army led by him, although there are only 3,000 people, but the combat effectiveness is extremely strong.

Liukou didn't know about this situation, let alone the changes in Yunyang Mansion, they chose the place of Hannan, on the one hand, because this is almost the junction of the three provinces, and the terrain is complicated, and secondly, because the defense force here is too weak, from the perspective of all parts of Shaanxi, it belongs to the weakest.

After detecting the trend and whereabouts of the large-scale movement of the Liukou, Chen Qiyu sent an urgent document to Lu Xiangsheng, telling him that Lu Xiangsheng had gone to the Hannan area to meet the Liukou, which was the best opportunity to exterminate the Liukou, but Chen Qiyu also clearly informed Lu Xiangsheng in the document that the total number of Liukou might exceed 200,000.

Such a huge team of rogues, Lu Xiangsheng alone is powerless to deal with, although the Tianxiong army is unusually strong, but the number is too small, it is impossible to deal with large-scale rogues, just when Lu Xiangsheng was worried, the army led by Chen Qiyu quickly arrived in Yunyang, and Lu Xiangsheng joined forces.

Liukou didn't know the layout of Chen Qiyu and the others, and was still concentrating towards Hannan.

This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and Chen Qiyu and Lu Xiangsheng will never give up.

After Chen Qiyu and Lu Xiangsheng joined forces with Yunyang Mansion, in the name of the governors of the five provinces, they quickly mobilized troops from Shaanxi, Huguang, and Henan, and surrounded them all in the direction of Hannan, demanding that they surround them from three directions and not let go of the Liukou.

The governors of Shaanxi, Huguang, and Henan understood the meaning, and they quickly mobilized a large army, gave them plenty of grain and grass, and concentrated them in the direction of Hannan from several directions.

At the beginning of June, the army of Chen Qiyu and Lu Xiangsheng headed towards Hannan from the direction of Shangjin, and a large-scale battle to completely exterminate the Liukou finally began.

This battle did not involve Zheng Xunrui, the governor of Yansui, but Zheng Xunrui was highly concerned.

Although the Yansui places are far away from Hannan, no one can say whether it is possible for the besieged rogues to flee to Yansui, after all, Yan'an Mansion is the place where they made their fortune and their nest, so in this case, all parts of Yansui naturally need to be prepared.

In fact, in the process of dispatching the army in Shaanxi and other places, Chen Qiyu and Lu Xiangsheng both thought of Zheng Jiajun, and they also thought of sending a letter to the Yansui Governor Yamen, asking Zheng Jiajun to participate in this battle, but Zheng Jiajun belongs to the Yulin border army, and the main task is to garrison the border pass, which makes them have some scruples when they are mobilized, plus Chen Qiyu's mobilized troops are enough, he is a large army from all over Shanxi, and has experienced many battles, as well as the Tianxiong army under Lu Xiangsheng, plus Shaanxi, The armies of Henan and Huguang are enough to exterminate the Liukou.

And Chen Qiyu, as the governor of the five provinces, has one of the biggest advantages, that is, intelligence work, he has almost a complete grasp of the whereabouts of the Liukou, and can make corresponding deployments according to the actual situation.

With such a big advantage, even if the Zheng family army is not mobilized, Chen Qiyu is sure enough to exterminate the rogue.

After receiving the report from the military intelligence of the Shaanxi Governor Yamen, Zheng Xunrui locked himself in the wing room, facing the map and pondering bitterly, he didn't know if the historical Carriage Gorge dilemma would happen again, and whether Chen Qiyu would lose the best opportunity.

It is impossible to send troops, and it is even more nonsense to write a letter to Chen Qiyu to remind him, the battle has not officially started, how can he Zheng Xunrui know that the Liukou will be trapped in the Carriage Gorge, wouldn't he become a god.

When it was dark, the side room was lit with oil lamps, and it was bright.

Xu Wanghua, Zheng Jinhong, Yang He and others entered the wing.

They saw the map on the table almost immediately, because the map was full of all kinds of symbols, some red and some blue, as if it was a map of several armies attacking and fighting.

Everyone's eyes were almost focused on one place, and it was an inconspicuous place, called Carriage Gorge.

After looking at the map for a while, Yang He couldn't help but speak.

"Young master, do these marks on the map represent the battle of the imperial army to exterminate the Liukou?"

Zheng Xunrui nodded slightly, he didn't know the specific situation of the battle in the Carriage Gorge in history, so with his own judgment, he marked all the movements of the imperial army and the Liukou on the map, and analyzed how the Liukou was able to enter the Carriage Gorge.

There must be a reason for everyone to see the markings on the map, and Zheng Xunrui hopes that through such an analysis, he can further establish his own image, and show that he can predict the course of the battle in advance.

You must know that this kind of analysis is crucial in Zheng Jiajun's future development process, and sometimes when he makes decisions that cannot be explained in detail, he can convince everyone with such an intuition.

"On the map, the red mark is the route of action of the imperial army, and the blue mark is the route of action of the Liukou, you see, the Liukou are now concentrated in Hannan, and gradually move towards the Jinzhou area, the military intelligence report is very clear, the Liukou multi-road army is united, the number of people exceeds 200,000, this is an extraordinary force, and it is also the absolute main force of the Liukou today, if these Liukou can be completely exterminated, then the imperial court can completely solve the worries of the Liukou."

"The Governor of the Five Provinces, Lord Chen Qiyu, and the Governor of Yunyang, Lord Lu Xiangsheng, led by the two of them, surrounded Hanzhong from the west from the direction of Yunxi and Shangjin, surrounded by the Henan army from the southwest towards Hanzhong, the Shaanxi army set out from Xi'an Mansion and surrounded Hanzhong from the south, and the army of Huguang surrounded Hanzhong from the north, and the four-way army almost covered the four directions of the southeast, northwest, so that the Liukou had no escape route."

"The military intelligence report said that the Liukou are distributed in Hanyin, Xunyang, Ziyang and Zhuxi, once they feel the encirclement, then they can only concentrate in the direction of Jinzhou and Xing'an, in the face of the encirclement of the imperial army, the possibility of frontal fighting is not large, then the location chosen by the Liukou will most likely be concentrated between the mountains."

"I carefully looked at the map, and I can conclude the direction of the encirclement of several armies in the imperial court, the army led by Lord Chen and Lord Lu from the direction of Shangjin and directly into Xunyang, the army of Shaanxi from the direction of Zhen'an, directly into the army of Hanyin and Huguang, from the direction of Zhuxi, directly into Pingchuan, Henan's army, from the direction of Yunxian, directly into the Baihe, so that even if the Liukou have the ability to reach the sky, there is no place to escape, no matter which way they are facing, the army from other directions will quickly surround them."

"Once the Liukou found out that the imperial army was surrounded on all sides, they would never face it head-on, they must choose to retreat, from the geographical point of view, they retreated towards the direction of the Huangyang River, Chezhou Gorge, and retreated in the direction of Zhenping, which is the best and helpless choice, after all, retreating in the direction of Huguang and Sichuan, it is relatively safe, you must know that the heavy troops of the imperial court are almost all distributed in Shaanxi, Shanxi, and Beizhili and Shandong, and retreating towards these places is tantamount to seeking a dead end."

"It is precisely because of this analysis that I noticed the place of Chezhou Gorge, the Liukou want to evacuate to the Zhenping area, do not dare to take the official road, can only choose to break through the Chezhou Gorge, the Chezhou Gorge is forty miles long, not more than a foot wide, easy to enter and difficult to exit, the terrain is dangerous, once the Liukou enters the Chezhou Gorge, as long as the imperial army blocks the entrance and exit of the Chezhou Gorge, the Liukou will die without a place to be buried."

Everyone listened to Zheng Xunrui's analysis and admired it very much, but they didn't dare to believe it completely, knowing that the battle had not yet begun.

Xu Wanghua thought for a while before slowly speaking.

"My lord, my subordinate Jian Yì sent people to the area of Chezhou Gorge to find out the situation, if such a battle situation really occurs, my lord can remind the governor of the five provinces, Lord Chen Qiyu."